The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-09-16

~ = waterspout On Careless creek ~
Meagre County. Mont, On the o1hs $50
sheep, principally lambs. wero drowned
on ono ranch. Much damage Was done =
the buildings also.
ALL the miners a Wilson 4 Co.'S Mont
gomery mines. six miles east Of Washing
ton, Ind, struck on the 9Th for an advance
Of six cents per ton. A hundred men are
thrown out Of employment, a. these mines
furnish the coal for the Ohio = Mississippi
engines.
The steamer Piover arrived ~ st. Johns
Newfoundland, on the 7th. from the north,
and reports = great storm alon.. the
Labrador coast. She brings back the
crews Of eight fishing vessels wrecked
there, and there arc fears that many
others were lost.
Nh. RANDALL left Washington on the
9TH. without comforting with the President
ON the tariff question.
LITTLE credence Is placed In the report
cd collision Of Russians and Chinese on
the froneieg, near Kashgar.
TEX railway switchmen Of indianapolis,
Ind, have presented number Of de-
mands to their employers, the principal
u which are an advance Of pay 10 the
wages current In Chicago, and the addi-
| tion Of one man TO each OF the switching
crews as now organized.
PAPERS were placed in the hands Of the
sheriff at Milwaukee, Wis.,, on the sth. IN
! q suit for . large amount, begun by the
| Third National Bank OF New York against
John f. Burton. the Gogebec iron king.
| The exact amount involved i not known,
a. the papers could not be served. Mr..
| Burton Is In New York City.
| A FIRE started in 4 residence in New
| burg, Ont, on the 9th, and spread 70 the
business portion Of the village which was
| soon entirely destroyed. The loss will
reach $350,000; insurance not known. Mr..
J. Wells was probably fatally burned.
| An attachment for $4,000 was placed
upon the mills and property Of the Woon-
socket (R. H. Rubber Company, ON the
| It'll. by Thomas John Shipman Green, 81
| New York. The attachment Is the last Of
three which have been issued within
| twenty days by the same person, and the
company's property in New York, Boston
and Rhode Island il now under the care Of
| the sheriff.
| FIRE started ON the morning OF the It'll
/ In Joseph Jackson's saw mill. . part OF the
| Grant Locomotive works building at Pat
erson, N. j., and soon communicated TO
every part OF the building. OF the Grant
/ works nothing remains but the erecting
shop, the foundry and part Of the new
machine shop The loss Is estimated at
| $4,000, and six hundred hands are thrown
out OF employment
| The Spanish authorities have discovered
| the existence Of well-organized and ex-
| tensive Anarchist plot, and have, In con-
sequence, made several arrests in Madrid
| Salamanca and Cadiz OF persons whose
connection with the conspiracy Is beyond
question.
A LETTER has been received az the Treas
ury Department from General Beveridge,
president OF the International Military
encalipment at Chicago, stating that GER
| tain troops from Denmark, Sweden. Nor
way and Belgium will arrive at New York
per steamers Heckly, Christians and Rot
| tcrdain about the 18th inst, en- route 70
Chicago, and they will leave New York
October - on their return home.
THE recent report Of revolution and an
outbreak Of troops in Madrid arose from Q
row among the soldiers in the Montana
| barracks. The men were forbidden to 60
out before the regulation hour and they
threatened 20 do violence to the officer
who prevented them from leaving. The
mutineers have been punished.
| THE Acting Secretary Of the Interior has
requested the Attorney General TO insti'
| tufe suit against the following parties In
| Montana for unlawful fencing Of the pub
| lie lands: George Watkins. Geo. H. God.
| win, John Baringer, Sidney Padget, Car
| peuter & Robertson. John n. Bean, Mo
brara Cattle Company, b. B. Bishop, Co
lumbia Land and Cattle Company, Con-
- <tmt r.
Ranching Company, Bull Mountain Cattle
Company. Samuel Cofman, J. X. Dill
worth and David J. Fennelly.